Fri, 18 Sep 2015, 11:53 AM Top Alcohol Dragster Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

CONCORD, N.C. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Top Alcohol Dragster at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Eighth annual NHRA Carolina Nationals listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Alan Bradshaw Runs 5.421/244.52, Now #1

11:23 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.36 inches, adjusted altitude 2,813 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.

Bradshaw goes right down the groove with a clean pass to start the session.

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Left Lane: Mike Burns Runs 5.713/204.01, Now #3
Right Lane: Josh Hart Runs 5.390/263.05, Now #1

Hart goes down the groove with a career best speed to take the early pole. Burns makes a clean run to get in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Don Nolan Runs 5.933/255.43, Now #4
Right Lane: Tom Fox Jr. Runs 9.331/79.40, Now #5

Fox rattles the tires and is off the throttle early. Nolan was on a clean pass but is well off the pace.

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Left Lane: Brandon Greco Runs 8.115/81.60, Now #5

Greco shook the tires early and the chute came out about 500 feet out.

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Left Lane: Tripp Tatum Runs 5.363/267.06, Now #1
Right Lane: Lee Callaway Runs 21.286/28.02, Now #8

Callaway has problems right at the hit and has to give up on the run. Tatum goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the top spot.

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Left Lane: Jake Allen Runs 5.390/263.87, Now #2
Right Lane: Wayne Morris Runs 5.441/265.90, Now #5

Allen makes a clean pass to get in the second spot for now, Morris to the fifth.

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Left Lane: Brandon Booher Runs 5.325/271.95, Now #1
Right Lane: Karen Stalba Runs 10.965/97.49, Now #11

Stalba went up in smoke at the hit and clicked it off early. Booher goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the year to take the top spot for now.

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Left Lane: Marty Thacker Runs 5.449/263.77, Now #8
Right Lane: Robin Samsel Runs 5.248/270.75, Now #1

Samsel goes right down the groove with a career best pass to take the pole. Thacker makes a clean pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

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Left Lane: Duane Shields Runs 5.277/271.68, Now #2
Right Lane: Rich McPhillips Runs 5.361/266.64, Now #4

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Left Lane: Randy Meyer Runs 5.403/269.29, Now #8
Right Lane: Mia Tedesco Runs 17.175/51.18, Now #17

Tedesco goes up in smoke at the hit and is off the throttle early. Meyer makes a clean pass and gets in the eighth spot to end this session.

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